Religon Flashcards
“divide… the sunday from the week”
Sabbath day, holy (rest on sun) - working day instead - implements of war
“cries under the stage”
Symbolic - underneath, hell/purgatory, figure of purgatory, comedy, fear, unpredictable, burlesque, comic relief, serious, sinister, as tension builds up, unpredictable, burlesque, builds up, mockingly theatrical location of hell, way the stage vice traditionally addresses the Devil, ghost assuming image of father, playing tricks - Hams space of thoughts? Off stage : no truths, moral
CONT- James 1st: Protestants believed demons were close to humans, constant threat of danger, potentially destabilise / tempt, manifestation of Devil - catholic: spirit of departed, message, religious duty of Catholics to help Ghosts -> Eliz; herracy,treason, uncertainty - state of flux society was in/ new Protestant doctrines
“The primal eldest curse… a brother’s murderer”
Cain and Abel- first murder in bible- cain killed Abel “my punishment is more than I can bear” compare to Claud murder
If this had not been a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out o’ Christian burial.
Diggers- like clowns - peasants - people U tried dead in days - even working class know, concentrated grounds, clarity / control over her memory lost, peasants free of court, her story misinterpreted, Ger protected, careless of whether it's correct, same self, Christianity's view on suicide
“Days of nature burnt and purged away”
Purgatory - reinformation, Protestant rejected as “catholic superstition”
